Protectoristn.
/prəˈtɛkt(ə)rɪst/, U.S. /prəˈtɛkt(ə)rəst/ Now historical and rare.
= Protectorian n.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [noun] > supporter of parliament, Cromwell, or commonwealth
roundhead1641
parliamentarian1642
parliamenteer1642
parliament man1642
Westminsterian1645
Oliverian1648
parliamentary1649
parliamenterc1650
commonwealth man1651
aproneer1659
Protectorian1659
Protectorist1659
1659 Let. in Coll. State Papers J. Thurloe (1742) VII. 615 The one party thinks the protectorists cannot stand, and the other, that the commonwealth cannot rise.
1829 J. Lingard Hist. Eng. VII. iii. 182 The protectorists, with equal warmth, maintained that, since it had been approved by the people, the only real source of power, it could not be subject to revision by the representatives of the people.
1913 J. Willcock Life Sir H. Vane xvi. 275 About half the members of the Commons were Protectorists or supporters of the constitution prescribed in The Petition and Advice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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